If Wrestling had a bracket.........

SportsbyFletch must admit that some of its writers used to watch the WWF (now WWE) and the WCW when growing up, and with it being bracket-season, we thought we'd throw up an all-time wrestling bracket. Our wrestling correspondent Brian Jones is expected to offer his thoughts on who will win.

"Midwest"
1 HBK v 16 Yeti
8 Kurt Angle v 9 Ravishing Rick Rude
5 Superfly Jimmy Snuka v 12 Arn Anderson
4 Rowdy Roddy Piper v 13 Bad Ass Billy Gunn
6 Kane v 11 Randy Orton
3 Macho Man Randy Savage v 14 Golddust
7 Jake the Snake Roberts v 10 Edge
2 Undertake v 15 Road Dawg Jessie James

Results: I've got HBK easily polishing off the Yeti! and then Kurt Angle to make the Sweet (Chin Music) 16. Jimmy Snuka gets his sweet revenge over Rowdy Piper in the second round with a big splash off of the top rope for a 1-2-3.. Randy Orton hits an RKO to spring the upset in the first round, but he cannot dig it brother and Macho Man snaps him like a slimjim in the second round. The Edge is a rate-R superstar and takes out the snake by avoiding the DDT in round one, but the Undertaker takes him for the last ride in round two. The Undertaker nails Macho with a tombstone but falls victim to the Sweet Chin music in the Elite 8 as HBK advances to the Final four.

" West"
1 Ric Flair v 16 Genius
8 Chris Benoit v 9 Jeff Jarrett
5 Dusty Rhodes v 12 Ted DiBiase Million Dollar Man
4 Goldberg v 13 Jeff Hardy
6 Giant/Big Show v 11 Batista
3 Sting v 14 Terry Funk
7 Razor Ramon/Scott Hall v 10 Booker T
2 HHH v 15 Tatanka

Results: Ric Flair puts Jeff Jarrett to shame with a win and then shows Jarrett how to properly strut in the post-match celebration. Dusty Rhodes slaps the sleeper on The Million Dollar Man and wins after Sweet Saphire konks out Virgil before he can interfere. Goldberg makes quick work of Jeff Hardy with a spear after Hardy tries to immediate hit Goldberg with a move off the turnbuckle. (8 second match) Then Goldberg crushes The American Dream with a jackhammer (10 seconds). The Beast Batistia "upsets" the Big Show then takes out Sting in maybe the biggest surprise of the second round. Razor Ramon beats Booker T with a Razor's Edge then shows up too drunk to compete against HHH and is pedigreed. HHH uses his sledge hammer to beat Batista in a "no DQ" match. Ric Flair uses the brass knuckles to beat Goldberg without the ref seeing (he IS the dirtiest player in the game!). In the Elite 8, the torch is passed among former Evolution members as HHH beats Flair.

"East"
1 Stone Cold v 16 Doink
8 Mr. Perfect v 9 RVD
5 Ricky "Steamboat" Dragon v 12 Sgt Slaughter
4 Owen Hart v 13 Chyna
6 Nikola Volkoff v 11 Raven
3 Bret Hart v 14 1-2-3 Kid/X-Pac
7 Y2J v 10 Eddie Guerrero
2 The Rock v 15 Dean Malinko

Results: Stone Cold hits Doink with a stunner and then enjoys some more victory beer after perfectly perfecting Mr. Perfect in round two. The Dragon Steamboat is hoodwinked by Owen Hart in round two and the King of Harts advances with a sharpshooter after catching the steamboat coming off the ropes. Bret Hart takes out X-Pac then proves Canada is better than the USSR with a win over Volkoff. Y2J eats up Guerrero in round one then falls victim to the People's elbow in round two. The Rock is on fire in the Sweet 16 and slams Hart, only to finish him off with the sharpshooter. StoneCold hits the stunner on Owen Hart to eliminate both Harts. In the Elite 8, The Rock wins his third straight huge matchup with an elbow over Stone Cold.

"South"
1 Hogan v 16 Repo Man (he beat Al Snow in play-in match)
8 Iron Shiek v 9 British Bulldog
5 Kevin Nash v 12 Tommy Dreamer
4 Andre the Giant v 13 Lance Storm
6 Brock Lesner v 11 Harley Race
3 Ultimate Warrior v 14 Brutus the Barber Beefcake
7 Lex Luger v 10 John Cena
2 Mick Foley/Mankind/cactus jack v Greg "The Hammer" Valentine

Results: Hogan gives the big leg drop to the Repo Man then battles teh Iron Shiek in a match out of the 1980s. The USA wins over the middle east as Hogan gives the big boot to the Shiek. Nash jackknifes Tommy Dreamer then somehow takes out Andre the Giant. Brock Lesner outmuscles Harley Race then eliminates the Warrior, who was likely pegged too high as a 3-seed. John Cena gives the F-U to Luger then takes out Foley (as Mankind) in round two with a "SPF-U". Cena v Lesner is expected to be big and Cena gives it a nice effort but Lesner is just too strong. Hogan barely holds off Nash but cannot take out Lesner as Brock advances to the F4.

Recap: I'd have an Elite 8 of Hogan v Brock, The Rock v Stone Cold, Flair v HHH and HBK v The Taker
In the Final Four HBK takes on HHH in a matchup of D-X members. Back and forth, per usual between these two before HBK kicks out of the pedigree. HHH is complaining to the ref when HBK hits the sweet chin music. HBK WINS! In the other final four matchup, The Rock is in trouble against Lesner before the millions AND MILLIONS of the Rock's fans root him into delivering the People's Slam. A people's elbow ends Lesner's run.
HBK faces The Rock in the finals and HBK is down and seemingly out before he slips out of the People's Slam and delivers a kick to The Rock. Roll up, 1-2-3. HBK wins!